The Disappearing Spoon
The Disappearing SpoonSam Kean

The Disappearing Spoon (2010)

Sam Kean

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The infectious tales and astounding details in The Disappearing Spoon follow carbon, neon, silicon, and gold as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, the arts, poison, and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them. --from publisher description

ISBN:
9786056355929
Length:
391 pages

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Because I just don't know how much I'm going to remember of The Disappearing Spoon because it's just too much. Beyond the King Midas thing because I had a connection with something else, I just really don't know what I'm going to retain from this book and that's disappointing.

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